"... flared for a second straight day, with young men rampaging through the streets of this southern capital, flying Taliban flags and wielding sticks. Nine people were killed and 81 injured in the disturbances... [S]everal thousand young men, shouting slogans calling for death to Americans and to the Karzai government, were still rioting after several hours on Saturday, setting tires aflame throughout the city, burning cars and attacking journalists trying to cover the disorder...."
The NYT reports.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
"KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Violent protests over the burning of a Koran in Florida..."
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Afghanistan,
Islam,
religion and politics
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